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https://www.rawstory.com/trump-begs-plane-money/?fbclid=IwAR3mbZkoCyl8bTqJ3UlLJeZsbwNR1S2jgRxKigYQGbKlZjmBdI97kLyAkTIFormer President Donald Trump was flying from New Orleans back to Palm Beach when he was forced to make an emergency landing. Now, he's asking supporters to send him money.
In an email to supporters mere hours after the news broke on his travel issues, Trump was asking them to pay for Trump Force One.
"Do you remember Trump Force One?" the email asks. "Before becoming the greatest President of all time, I traveled the Country in my plane, known as Trump Force One. I have a very important update on my plane, but I need to trust that you wont share it with anyone: my team is building a BRAND NEW Trump Force One."
According to the email, paid for by Save America JFC, the work on the plane has been "under wraps." He claims that the media doesn't know about it, which is false given the reports that he purchased a new engine for the plane and that it had to make an emergency landing last year in Nashville.
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appleannie1
(5,062 posts)So what else is new?
dflprincess
(28,072 posts)because he didn't have the money to move it to the desert.
appleannie1
(5,062 posts)They have probably given him so much money they can't afford a mechanic to check the engines in their plane.
keep_left
(1,780 posts)...and corroding in what is a very hostile climate for airplanes. There was talk of moving it for repainting and overhaul work, but one engine had been removed due to serious mechanical problems, and there were all sorts of obstacles to even getting the plane in the air again. There are two main problems: (1) the 757 is a white elephant with obsolete Rolls Royce engines, and (2) in the words of Otto from Repo Man, Drumpf is "a dildo who doesn't pay his bills". Here we have Drumpf once again trying to grift his fans to cover his own business expenses. Just a total cheapskate.
Eugene
(61,809 posts)supposedly to return it to service.
Engine Found: Trump's Boeing 757 Returns To The Skies After 2 Years (Simple Flying)
https://simpleflying.com/trump-boeing-757-flies-again/
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,311 posts)Probably wanted the taxpayers to fix it up for him.
DENVERPOPS
(8,790 posts)Religious leaders, begging for more money because the Lord called them and said: You need a new Gulfstream or Helicopter....LOL
He couldn't have picked a more perfect group of people to launch his grifting........
magicarpet
(14,119 posts)Well,... someone has to pay for the tissues.
Grifters and fraudsters to not pick up the tab,... they always dump the bill in somebody elses lap.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,722 posts)How many Billionaires(American Oligarchs) beg for money to keep their Yachts and Planes in good working order?
Sounds like a GRIFT to me.
dflprincess
(28,072 posts)as long as it's a not upgraded 737 Max.
GB_RN
(2,334 posts)😁😂
Habitation
(5,644 posts)a 50# of sugar for the gas tank
Rebl2
(13,462 posts)is, hes not a billionaire. His boss putin is having problems getting $ to him right now. Poor donny and puty. 😁
ProfessorGAC
(64,852 posts)But, if just took daddy's money and invested in index funds he would be.
He could have done NOTHING and ended up with 10-40 times what he actually has.
All that grifting & hustling & branding to burn money instead of making it.
Great businessman my rear!
Rebl2
(13,462 posts)He threw it all away
onethatcares
(16,161 posts)the live off our tax payer dollars. Biggest scam going,.....run for office.....get elected.....rinse/lather/repeat.
SergeStorms
(19,186 posts)nt
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)How many millions of our tax dollars went to pay for the Republican "billionaire" to play luxury golf at deluxe, gourmet golf courses?
The Republicans should reimburse the American taxpayers for that stinking ripoff.
Jerry2144
(2,080 posts)Just let me take a sheet of copier paper for it, first
Midnight Writer
(21,712 posts)Old televangelist trick. He uses a lot of their techniques, and fleeces much of the same audience.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)grifting televangelists.
calimary
(81,110 posts)Somebody would be, but I think it might not be in - um - let's just say the "DOWN" direction.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)nt
PatSeg
(47,260 posts)Soliciting donations from his base is now his default setting. How long does he actually believe he can keep this up?
The grift goes on, the grift goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da
SergeStorms
(19,186 posts)and stop sending money?
They're developmentally challenged in the first place. They've gone "all in" with this grifting pig, so I think he'll be putting the squeeze on them from beyond the grave.
You watch. His grifting family will demand donations to build the biggest, ugliest and most godawful monstrosity of a "memorial" to the Orange Asshole in Washington when he finally dies. Mark my words, they will.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)There's a sucker born every minute.
SergeStorms
(19,186 posts)they're all Trumpublicans.
PatSeg
(47,260 posts)PatSeg
(47,260 posts)The family will keep up the grift until they've sucked every last penny from the gullible base. It is in their entitled nature.
hibbing
(10,094 posts)I wondered about "JFC" also. Is something in Utah?
I get confused when I am tired... and I am so very tired.
MontanaMama
(23,295 posts)Up here in big sky country its JHRC. Jeebus H Roosevelt Christ. I dont know why it just is.
LymphocyteLover
(5,636 posts)maxrandb
(15,295 posts)Turns out pigs can fly.
Thanks for that!
Lucky Luciano
(11,248 posts)XacerbatedDem
(511 posts)CousinIT
(9,218 posts)markpkessinger
(8,392 posts)Per the Washington post:
See https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/09/trump-plane-engine-failure-gulf-mexico-new-orleans/
Emile
(22,480 posts)markpkessinger
(8,392 posts)NQAS
(10,749 posts)With Obama and Clinton doing the same thing. Begging for money at every turn.
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)malaise
(268,693 posts)I thought this was the Onion
thenelm1
(851 posts)(not.)
I pass
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Ive never seen anything like it in my life.
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Ocelot II
(115,587 posts)Even though a Falcon 900 has three engines, and while losing one is technically an emergency requiring a landing at the nearest suitable airport, he was never in any danger. His own airplane, an old B-757, was in storage but recently was able to obtain the new engine it needed, and it was briefly able to fly again. On that first flight, in November of 2021, it had return to the airport, but the nature of the problem was not reported. Apparently it is still undergoing maintenance at Chennault Airport in LA. TFG won't be able to get it back until he pays for that work (there are probably mechanics' liens on it), which might explain this round of grifting.
keep_left
(1,780 posts)That was the regulatory nightmare Drumpf was up against when his plane was stuck in NY. I didn't know it had even moved yet. It's certainly in rough shape from having sat outdoors in upstate NY for so long. Wait 'til he sees the bills come due for work on old Rolls Royce engines, not to mention paint work. Some colors are $300/gallon.
Ocelot II
(115,587 posts)And TGF doesn't like to (or can't)pay for anything himself.
Forgot to include the link with the info: https://simpleflying.com/trump-boeing-757-flies-again/
Eugene
(61,809 posts)Nearly everything TFG says is bull***t.
Wounded Bear
(58,598 posts)monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)to pay his ex ol' lady ! sold it to the Saudis !
kentuck
(111,052 posts)Trump is bumming rides on unreliable planes.
And he is dependent upon all the suckers to send him money so he can buy a new one.
For real?
LPBBEAR
(294 posts)Donnie. Will Rubles work?
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)Hassler
(3,369 posts)Captain Zero
(6,783 posts)That way we can send lots and lots !!
boston bean
(36,218 posts)rurallib
(62,379 posts)I had to check this wasn't the Onion
SergeStorms
(19,186 posts)or any other type of aircraft not designed for heavy hauling.
YoshidaYui
(41,818 posts)$#17 from me!
TygrBright
(20,755 posts)Norbert
(6,038 posts)dchill
(38,442 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,207 posts)Pas-de-Calais
(9,901 posts)Messaging his idiotic followers
For $$$$
To pay his exorbitant hospital bill
Since hes prevented leaving
Unless he pays
Mr. Sparkle
(2,928 posts)billionaire to beggar after 4 years in office, though always a grifter
Martin Eden
(12,844 posts)Jesus Fucking Christ!
Traildogbob
(8,674 posts)For it. They stiffed us on the wall.
TeamProg
(6,030 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,819 posts)GB_RN
(2,334 posts)Anyone else notice that's the name of his PAC? Am I missing something, or is the atheist tRump putting in a dig at his uber religious followers: Jesus F***king Christ?
ecstatic
(32,652 posts)Tfg and his cronies continue to openly mock their own supporters (the few that are left). I wonder if their supporters will ever catch on. Many of them may have already died during the pandemic.
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Blue Owl
(50,259 posts)Pay for your own goddamned luxury plane like an adult, you fat fucking sack of shit